Accurate
Accurate 2015
A small-to-medium varmint and benchrest powder that also serves large straight-wall rifle cartridges.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Accurate |
|---|---|
| Product family | Accurate |
| Status | Currently produced |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Composition | single-base |
| Temperature stable | Not marketed as temperature-stable |
| Burn-rate position | 98 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 204 Ruger, 45-70 Government, 458 Winchester Magnum |
Older Accurate literature and Hodgdon's burn-rate chart still label this powder 2015BR; the current product name is simply 2015. Manufacturer emphasises ignition consistency. Made in Canada.
Burn rate
A fast rifle powder, charted just past Hodgdon H322 and ahead of Alliant Reloder 10X.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Alliant Power Pro 1200-R (position 95)
- Vihtavuori N130 (position 96)
- Hodgdon H322 (position 97)
- Alliant Reloder 10x (position 99)
- IMR 3031 (position 100)
- Vihtavuori N133 (position 101)
Sources
Other Accurate powders
Verify the charge, not just the recipe
Good data gets you a safe starting point. It does not tell you what actually went into the case on stroke 340 — a bridged measure, a double charge, a squib. That is what an RCM Laser Powder Check is for.